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Mayor Bill de Blasio called on the state Tuesday to authorize line-of-duty benefits — like those paid to the families of firefighters and police killed on the job — for the families of city workers who have died from the coronavirus. More than 270 city employees have lost their lives to COVID-19, de Blasio said...

Remote learning will continue through the summer for nearly 178,000 city public school students, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday. “It’s going to be a huge effort, an unprecedented effort,” de Blasio said during his daily coronavirus press briefing alongside Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza adding, “We see this as a summer where unprecedented learning can...

New York State must hold a Democratic presidential primary on June 23 — even though former Vice President Joe Biden is the only candidate actively seeking the nomination amid the coronavirus pandemic, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The state Board of Elections had previously voted to cancel the presidential primary, arguing it’s especially...

The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 1,200 New Yorkers who live in the Big Apple’s public housing complexes and sickened another 6,600 tenants there, according to new stats released by City Hall on Monday. All told, 1,241‬ New Yorkers who live in the city’s public housing complexes have died from COVID-19, with 943 of...

The embattled state Department of Labor has now paid out a whopping $9.2 billion in unemployment insurance benefits to two million New Yorkers who have filed jobless claims since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, state officials confirmed Monday. “That doesn’t mean every single person has been cleared from the backlog. It’s the majority of...

What a "new normal" might look like for NYC beaches, pools and playgrounds.

Who would’ve thought a cupcake could be so cutting edge? Baked goods enthusiasts looking to satisfy their sweet tooth amid the coronavirus pandemic can expect to catch some rays soon at Magnolia Bakery, which is installing futuristic-looking portals and purple-hued ceiling lights that will drench patrons and workers in potentially disease-destroying far-ultraviolet light. “Magnolia is...

The city’s firefighters union has called on Big Apple pols to provide line-of-duty benefits for first responders or their families if the front-line workers die or are seriously injured by the COVID-19 pandemic. “This is not a political issue, this is an issue of our members going to work every day, putting their lives on...

City Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot issued a public apology to police Monday for rejecting a plea by a top NYPD chief for protective masks at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, and then saying, “I don’t give two rats’ asses about your cops.” “The members of the NYPD fight valiantly every day to keep...

An East Flatbush felon accused of attempted rape less than two weeks after being cut free from Rikers due to COVID concerns has now been arrested for robbing a nurse, The Post has learned. The 57-year-old Robert Pondexter was arrested on April 25 after being picked up in East New York with a crack pipe and...